Yule Shoot Your Eye Out!

I realize that some of you may fear that I've lost the thread; fear not! Today's post has sleigh bells and a repeated refrain that includes the word "Christmas." Jesse Malin used to be in a great NYC punk rock band, D-Generation. When he released his debut solo album, The Fine Art of Self-Destruction (buy it), in 2003, I expected something equally rockin'. Imagine my surprise to find that it was actually a rootsy singer-songwriter affair—a really good one at that. AND it had a Christmas song on it (icing on the cake).

Xmas